You can find a computer mouse for just about any use. To figure out what kind of mouse would work best with your PC, you need to know your mouse options.
Mechanical mouse
Houses a hard rubber ball that rolls as the mouse is moved. Sensors inside the mouse body detect the movement and translate it into information that the computer interprets.
Optical mouse
Uses an LED sensor to detect tabletop movement and then sends off that information to the computer for merry munching.
Infrared (IR) or radio frequency cordless mouse:
With both these types, the mouse relays a signal to a base station wired to the computer's mouse port. The cordless mouse requires power, which comes in the form of batteries.
A mouse with many buttons:
The extra buttons can be programmed to do specific things, such as navigate the Web or turn pages when you’re reading a document. The typical button-ified mouse has about five buttons.
Trackball mouse:
Like an upside-down mouse. Rather than roll the mouse around, you use your thumb or index finger to roll a ball on top of the mouse. The whole contraption stays stationary, so it doesn’t need a lot of room, and its cord never gets tangled.
Stylus mouse:
Another mouse mutation enjoyed by the artistic type is the stylus mouse, which looks like a pen and draws on a special pad.
Cordless 3-D mouse:
This kind of mouse can be pointed at the computer screen like a TV remote.
